If you are looking for a luxury gift for guys, with style and design, but also that gets the job done, these four brands might be a good start: Schrade Tactical Stylus Pens, Tactile Turn Mover & Shaker Pens, Crabtree & Evelyn, and Agraria San Francisco.
How difficult do you think if could be to dehydrate a slice of cheese, then make it crispy and put it in a bag for the world to enjoy? Quite a bit, it turns out. So much so that a new technology had to be utilized for Moon Cheese Snacks to be created and launched.
The joint partnership that owns Moon Cheese, NutraDried, says they have “crunchified” the actual cheese in the product, which is pretty much the only ingredient: Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Vegetable Color)].
Says the firm: “Dr. Tim Durance, Chairman and co-CEO, EnWave Corporation is the innovator behind the company’s dehydration technology. While at the University of British Columbia in 1996, Dr. Durance developed the first prototype Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV”) machine for dehydrating food and nutraceuticals…Using patented technologies we remove only the moisture from cheese while keeping all the nutrition and flavour.”
There are currently three flavors of Moon Cheese available: American Cheddar, Pepper Jack and Gouda
There are about 200 stores in North America where you can find it, such as at Kroger’s Fred Meyer and Quality Food Centers stores across Washington, Idaho and Oregon, plus online here:
High-end interior design studio and gallery Coup D’Etat has created a winter wonderland inside of the shop this season, complete with glass encased moose wandering among snow covered trees. The scenario even has its own pine-based scent, custom created for Coup, and which we hope they will one day sell, as it is fantastic.
Coup D’Etat regularly changes its collection and layout, giving it a “living museum” quality, although everything is for sale. The store has impeccable taste and design aesthetics, and an uncanny ability to discover talented furniture makers from across the world.
As the show in the store windows change regularly, we will be back to bring you their next incarnation.
COUP D’ETAT location
111 Rhode Island Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Popup Shop by Jay Jeffers inside of the Coup D’Etat store
Holiday themed crystal moose
Funky dinosaur chandelier
Vintage De Sede ‘Terazza Elements’ by Ubeld Klug. A different take on the concept of the chaise
Ribcage chairs. Paintings on walls by Paolo Troilo
TasteTV and the StyleLife series attend the Bossini Fashion Collection runway show, presented by the Members of Melange.
In late 2014, Chilean and Argentine wine importer TGIC Global Fine Wine Company released their new California red wine, entitled “Black Ink.”
With the dark bottle, faded black label, and octopus logo on the side, it is clear that this wine is a very dark red blend with a sense of mystery tinged with humor.
As they describe it, “Black Ink is an ode to fantasy through the arts, portraying elegance with an edge. In a celebration of decadence, juicy blackberry cobbler meets smoky licorice with a hint of spice. The capsule is marked with the allusive squid in a nod to the deep dark red hues within the bottle.”
The wines are priced at around $9.99
Endorfin Chocolat
The 5th Annual Fall Chocolate Salon in San Francisco was a delight for chocolate and wine lovers. Despite the challenges of a rare morning rain in California (during a drought), the attendees still managed to come out and join the fun.
Châtelaine Chocolat Company
The event featured over 30 chocolatiers, confectioners, and wineries, and is the premier Fall chocolate event on the West Coas, including Neo Cocoa, Gâté Comme des Filles Chocolats, Amella Caramels, Truffly Made, Cowboy Toffee Co., Taza Chocolate, Endorfin Chocolat, La Châtelaine Chocolat Company, Fera’wyn’s Artisan Chocolates, flying noir, Claudia Marie Design, Jerk’n Pickle, Amano Artisan Chocolate, Kindred Cooks, CocoTutti, The Tea Room Chocolate Company, Cocoa Vida, Kika’s Treats, Marich Premium Chocolates, Quail Point Chocolate, Socola Chocolatier, Twisted Roots Vineyard, Raff Distillerie, Sottomarino Winery, Rosa D’Oro, Gourmet Blends, Farm Fresh To You, Meetup.com, Winery SF, and Chocolate Television.
Also participating was Jessica Ferraro, of Bar Cacao, who had a fascinating and well-attended presentation on the changes and trends in the Craft Chocolate Movement.
The Fall Chocolate Salon is produced by TasteTV. Other TasteTV Chocolate Salons include ones in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Monterey-Carmel, and Sacramento (as well as previous events in Chicago and Napa).
Gâté Comme des Filles Chocolats
Taza
Winery SF
Farm Fresh to You
Chocolate samples from CocoTutti
Charles Chocolates
Fuzzy ears
The Tea Room Chocolate Company
Chocolate samples from CocoTutti